Gate.



PATENTBD SEPT. 5, 1905.

J. GOFPITS.

GATE.

0 APPLICATION FILED APR.14.1905.

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JOHN COFFITS, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, W A.

GATE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed April 14,1905. Serial No. 255,514.

Be it known that 1, JOHN Corrrrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Gate, of which the following is a specilication.

The objects of my invention are to provide a gate of simple, durable, and inexpensive construction which can be opened and shut from a point at either side of the gate by manipulating an operating mechanism, which mechanism unfastens the gate from its closed position and also unt'astens it from its open position.

A further object is to provide a retaining mechanism for securing the gate in an open or closed position and, further, to provide a gate which can be swung in both directions by means of the operating mechanism.

My invention consists in certain details in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts of the device whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows in perspective the complete gate and its mountings. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the rear end of the gate, showing a portion of the gate and its attachments. Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of the rear of the gate, and Fig. i is a detail View showing the mechanism for locking the gate in its closed position.

heterring to the accompanying drawings, .1 have used the reference-numeral .10 to indicate a post upon which the gate is mounted, said post having two ordinary hinges 11 and 12, which are secured to it and which are secured to the rear upright 13 of the gate proper. The gate also has an outer upright 14:, and these uprights 13 and 1% are connected by a series of bars 15, 16, 1'7, and 18, and the gate is rigidly braced by the braces 19 and 20. Pivotal] y attached to the rear upright 13 of the gate is a latch 21, which extends between the braces 19 and 20 and through the front upright 1 1, so that the upper end of the latch 21 is outside of the upright 1% of the gate. At the free end of the gate I have provided a post 22, adjacent to which the free end of the gate is when the gate is in a closed position, as shown in Fig. 1.

Attached to the inside of the post 22 is a latch-hook 23, having the upwardly-pro]ecting members 24; and 25 and the slight depression 26 therein and midway between the projections 25. livotally attached above the latch-hook is a swinging retainer 27, designed to normally hold the latch 21 between the projections 21: and 25 when the gate is closed and which is capable of swinging with the swinging of the gate, so as to release the latch at the proper time. livotally attached adjacent to the rear end of the latch 21 is the lever 28, said lever 28 having attached to it some distance above its pivotal point of attachment to the latch 21 two rods 29 and 30, which rods are attached at their lower ends to the latch 21. This lever and these rods are thus arranged, so that as the upper end of the lever is drawn rearwardly the outer end' of the latch 21 will be raised upwardly and as the upper end of the lever is moved outwardly the outer end of the latch will move downwardly.

Pivotally secured to the upper rear portion of the post 13 of the gate is a curved block 31, having its curved surface at the rear. This block is capable of swinging slightly on its pivot as the gate is swung to allow suflieient motion to move rearwardly and forwardly the upper portion of the lever 28, and thus raise and lower the free end of the latch.

Pivotally attached to the rear portion of the post 10 and having its pivotal point of attachment a slight distance above the ground is the bar-supporting lever 32. Pivotally attached to the upper end of the bar-supporting lever 32 is the operating-bar 33. Attached to the forward side of the operatingbar 33 and at one side of the gate is a chain 31, which passes around the curved portion of the block 31, to which it is secured, and forwardly to the opposite side of the gate, where said chain is attached to the lever 28. Attached to the operating-bar 33 and on the opposite side of the gate from that to which the chain 3% is attached isa chain 35, which passes around the curved portion of the block 31 to its point of attaclnnent to the lever 28, which point of attachment is on the opposite side of the lever 28 from that to which the chain 3a is attached. This chain 35 is also secured to the block 31.

erating-levers 36 and 37 are pivotally attached at their lower ends to the stub-posts 3S and 39, respectively, so that as either of the levers is operated the operating-bar will be operated and the gate also swung on its hinges. Attached to the upper ends of the bars 36 and 37 and extending outwardly therefrom are the rods 40 and 41, respectively, which rods 40 and 41 have hanging from their'free ends the handpieces 42 and 43, which are designed to be grasped by the operator in opening and closing the gate. Extending forwardly from the operating-levers 36 and 37 are the hooks 44 and 45, respectively, which are designed to secure the gate in an open position when coacting with the latch 21.

In practical operation and assuming that the parts are assembled as above described and that the gate is in the closed position, (shown in Fig. 1,) the operator approaching from the right side of the gate grasps the handpiece 42 and pulls downwardly thereon. This causes the upper end of the operatinglever and also the operating -bar 33 to be drawn toward him and causes the chain 34 to swing the block 31 on its pivot, thus causing the upper end of the lever 28 to be drawn rearwardly and the outer end of the latch 21 to be raised and at the same time swings the gate away from him, so that its free end will approach the lever 37, and when it reaches this lever as soon as the operator releases his hold upon the handpiece the latch 21 will engage the hook 45 and be held in an open position until the operator has passed through the gate. When he reaches the other side of the gate, he pulls downwardly upon the handpiece 43. This causes the operation to be reversed,and the gate will be closed and locked in its closed position by the retaining device 27.

Among other advantages of the gate it will be seen that this gate can be easily operated by a person in a vehicle driving in either direction. It will also be seen that the gate always swings away from the person operating it, and the gate is maintained in an open as well as a closed position by simply operating the mechanism directly from the handpiece and Without touching the gate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States therefor, is-

1. A post, a gate hinged to the post and capable of swinging to the right and left of the post, a second post adjacent to the free end of the gate when the gate is in a closed position, a pivotally-mounted latch in the gate, a lever secured to the latch, a pivotally mounted curved block attached to the gate above its hinges, a bar-supporting lever pivoted to the operating-bar and to the post to which the gate is hinged, an operating-bar, chains connected with the operating-bar, passing around said curved block and attached to said lever, and means for operating the operating-bar.

2. A post, a bar-supporting lever pivoted to the post, an operating-bar pivotally secured to the bar-supporting lever, an operating-lever pivotally secured to each end of the operatingbar and pivotally secured at their lower ends to a post adjacent to the ground, a gate hinged to the post, a latch in the gate, a curved block pivotally secured to the gate above its hinges, and means secured to the operating-bar, to the curved block and operatively connected with the latch for raising the latch and swinging the gate as either of the operating-levers are operated.

3. A post, a bar-supporting lever pivoted to the post, an operating-bar pivotally secured to the bar-supporting lever, an operating-lever pivotally secured to each end of the operatingbar and pivotally secured at their lower ends to a post adjacent to the ground, a gate hinged to the post, a latch in the gate, a curved block pivotally secured to the gate above its hinges, means secured to the operating-bar, to the curved block and operatively connected with the latch for raising the latch and swinging the gate as either of the operating-levers are operated, and means designed to coact with the latch for securing the gate in a closed position.

4. A post, a bar-supporting lever pivoted to the post, an operating-bar pivotal] y secured to the bar-supporting lever, an operating-lever pivotal] y secured to each end of the operatingbar and pivotally secured at their lower ends to a post adjacent to the ground, a gate hinged to the post, a latch in the gate, a curved block pivotally secured to the gate above its hinges, means secured to the operating-bar, to the curved block and operatively connected with the latch for raising the latch and swinging the gate as either of the operating-levers are operated, means designed to coact with the latch for securing the gate in a closed position, and means for locking the gate in either of its open positions.

JOHN (JOFFITS. Witnesses:

J. H. GRAHAM, FRANK G. CLARK. 

